WPLM (AM)

For the FM radio station in Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, see WPLM-FM.

WPLM

City	Plymouth, Massachusetts
Broadcast area	South Shore, Cape Cod
Branding	Today's Easy 99.1
Slogan	Boston's Home For the Most Music & The Most Variety
Frequency	1390 kHz
First air date	August 8, 1955
Format	Adult Contemporary (WPLM-FM simulcast)
Power	5,000 watts
Class	B
Facility ID	52837
Transmitter coordinates	41°58′5.00″N 70°42′6.00″W / 41.9680556°N 70.7016667°W / 41.9680556; -70.7016667 (WPLM)
Callsign meaning	Plymouth or We Play Lovely Music^[1]
Owner	Plymouth Rock Broadcasting Co., Inc.
Sister stations	WBNW, WPLM-FM
Webcast	Listen Live
Website	easy991.com

WPLM (1390 AM) is a radio station broadcasting an adult contemporary format, simulcast with WPLM-FM (99.1). Licensed to Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA, the station serves the South Shore and Cape Cod areas. The station is currently owned by Plymouth Rock Broadcasting Co., Inc.^[2]^[3] Most of the station's broadcast day is leased out to Money Matters Radio, owner of WBNW; Plymouth Rock generally airs its programming on the station during nights and weekends.

History

WPLM signed on August 8, 1955, with WPLM-FM being added on June 25, 1961.^[4] The two stations simulcast all programming from the FM station's launch^[5] until 1997, when the station began leasing out some of its broadcast day to simulcast WADN (now WBNW).^[6] On January 15, 2015 WPLM returned to a full simulcast with WPLM-FM.

For much of its history, WPLM was branded as "America's Hometown Station;" its current slogan is relatively recent.

Previous Logo

References

↑ "Call Letter Origins". Radio History on the Web.
↑ "WPLM Facility Record". United States Federal Communications Commission, audio division.
↑ "WPLM Station Information Profile". Arbitron.
↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1981 (PDF). 1981. p. C-112. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1961-62 (PDF). 1961. p. B-82. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
↑ Fybush, Scott (October 23, 1997). "Sales and Format Changes Everywhere...". North East RadioWatch. Retrieved February 13, 2010.

External links

Query the FCC's AM station database for WPLM

Radio-Locator Information on WPLM

Query Nielsen Audio's AM station database for WPLM

Radio stations in Boston, including Eastern Massachusetts

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